The connections between media and social violence should only be the public's assumptions. First, there are many other factors that contribute to violence; so how can you really be sure that the media is more to blame? Media violence these days is actually just a replica of society's daily life. Without such real-life activity there would be no ideas for music, films, television, basically nothing for the TV crew to talk about. So the real question should be: Does social violence contribute to media violence? Violence in entertainment is violence that has always been a part of human life. The news is a trend towards films, scary information and made-for-television "reality-based" videos showing real proceedings. Many of these types of releases involve more crime re-enactments or brutality captured on tape. Mike Oppenheim, a doctor and freelance writer, wrote an essay titled "TV Isn't Violent Enough." He writes that television is not violent enough and explains that due to the fact that the media shows such clean results and does not show the real reality of things, the public assumes that guns and fistfights are a good, clean way out of bad situations . And Mr. Jacoby, a columnist for the Boston Globe, wrote an essay about how constant exposure to sex through the media has worn out his audience. "Children who dodge bullets in the city on their way home from school are mostly affected by the habits of television violence," says Leonard Eron, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and a researcher on television violence. In his argument he said: "The child who has watched programs with mainly aggressive content comes away with the impression that the world is... middle of paper... ep. 18, 1996. Vol. 87, Iss. 75 ; p. A-6Spindell, Northern California Jewish Bulletin. Vol. 100, p. 2ARamey, Indiana: 9 May 1992. p. March 16, 1994 Charles S. ClarkKristol, Irving, and videotape" Elements of Argument 7th ed.Oppenheim, Mike "TV Isn't Violent Enough" Elements of Argument 7th ed.A Surely Controversial Game Fully Meets That Expectation by: Eller Jr., Tom. New York Times, 11/29/2004, vol. 154, number 53048, pC7-C7, 1/4p (AN 15480414) Violence in the Media (book by: Kvenild, Cass, Phyllis Levy School Journal, May 2004). 50 Issue 5, p168-168, 1/6pViolent Video Games Could Use Limits By: NA USA Today, 02/18/2004